verbally

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Recent Examples of verbally Another person in the room took over on the phone and agreed to let the call-taker know verbally each time the unconscious student’s chest rose. Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2025 The responding officers learned the boy had verbally threatened some of the other students. Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2025 But the Administration has also gone beyond verbally criticizing the courts. Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 6 Oct. 2025 Hamann was out of contract and had verbally agreed to sign for Bolton Wanderers. James Pearce, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for verbally
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Adverb
  • Kevin Costner wandered through Robin Hood without ever stopping in Nottingham, vocally speaking.
    Remy Blumenfeld, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2025
  • But it should be noted that people abandoning religion usually do so less vocally than those joining up.
    Big Think, Big Think, 9 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Throughout the retelling, Kylie was audibly emotional, pausing multiple times to compose herself.
    Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
  • But for that swing to be such a huge whiff, and then to be on stage playing your own protagonist while the excitement of the audience audibly wanes around you for two laborious hours … That’s rough, buddy.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • The bank said that, financially, the most important impact expected from fashion weeks is generation of foot traffic, and wondered aloud whether the new collections from Jonathan Anderson at Dior, Matthieu Blazy at Chanel and Demna at Gucci will sell well.
    Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Storyline Online is an Emmy-winning program that encourages reading aloud to children, in order to improve their reading, writing and communication skills, according to its website.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025

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“Verbally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verbally. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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